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Here are some non-cancerous breast conditions both women and men may be diagnosed with:
Although it may appear like breast cancer when viewed on a mammogram, breast adenosis is a noncancerous increase in the size of lobules in the breast. A biopsy may be necessary to rule out a diagnosis of breast cancer.
Even though noncancerous, this condition carries with it a 4 to 5 times greater risk of developing breast cancer compared to women without abnormal breast conditions. Sometimes discovered in a breast biopsy, this condition is characterized by unusual-looking cells multiplying in the lobules or in the ducts.
Mammograms often find pockets of calcium in the breast. Calcium patterns may lead to further tests or a biopsy to determine whether cancer is present.
A solid noncancerous tumor that is very common, especially in 20- and 30-year-old women. These lumps usually are not painful and can be moved around in the breast.
When an injury occurs in the fatty part of the breast, scar tissue can develop and appear similar to breast cancer when examined or in a mammogram.
Another common condition in which noncancerous lumps may be tender and increase in size during the menstrual cycle.
Unusual increase in male breast tissue in newborns, boys and adult males.
A noncancerous condition in which a mass grows inside the ducts of the breast. Symptoms can include a clear or bloody fluid from the nipple or a lump in the breast.
Breast inflammation that causes pain, redness, swelling and warmth. Breastfeeding women are at increased risk for mastitis.
In this rare occurrence, a usually large, quickly growing breast tumor looks like a fibro adenoma in an ultrasound. It can be cancerous or noncancerous. Most cases of this condition arise in women during their 40s.
A noncancerous cyst (a fluid-filled swelling) common in 30 and 40-year-old women. Often causing tenderness, these cysts can be drained.
In this condition, a biopsy of the breast may show normal looking noncancerous ductal cells multiplying in abnormal ways. This condition may slightly raise a woman’s lifetime risk of breast cancer.